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This month’s lecture: |
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Landing a Backhoe on Mars |
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"Phoenix is Landing
on Mars!"
Rising our out of the ashes of the lost Mars Polar Lander
mission of 1998 and the Mars Surveyor 2001 Program, the Phoenix
Mars lander mission will, for the first time in history, dig
beneath Mars' northern polar arctic in search of signs of
ancient habitats of possible organisms that may have flourished
on Mars billions of years ago. Deborah Bass, the Phoenix project's
Deputy Project Scientist will explain what Phoenix will do
and what it hopes to discover after it lands on Mars later
this month, May 25, 2008.
The Phoenix lander's entry, descent and landing system
harkens back to the Mars landing system design used by the
Viking landers of the 1970's. How does it work and why does
it land so differently than the Mars rovers still exploring
Mars? What happened to the airbags? Are we showing signs
of engineering dementia or is there a method to our madness?
Will humans land on Mars using these systems? Joining Deborah,
JPL's Rob Manning will attempt to clear the Mars dust off
this story.
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Speakers : |
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Robert Manning Mars Exploration Directorate Chief Engineer
Dr. Deborah Bass Deputy Project Scientist
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Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7p.m.
The von Kármán Auditorium at JPL
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA
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Friday, May 16, 2008, 7p.m.
The Vosloh Forum at Pasadena City College
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA
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